The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-05

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eye-eIsss vss MP In IT FIace.
Why, declared she exclaimed.
''Thst huge thing TOOK az il Il were
stopping as your door. You don't mesn
to cay you've BEEN byiDg . grand piano,
you extEavSgSDt chIl6renf"
1t was the billiard table!
looked at my wig. feeling as II my
heart, and, indeed, Gbe whole OF my
inside, were slowly. bat surely SINKING
down iRt0 my sbOes. wished the
earth would open aud swallow me- up.
But the earth, which IS eelsOm IS com
PLEASANT as one would desire under
sneh Circumstances. refused to budgs.
Margaret was cfSspins her hands DO
hind Aunt GeoTsInas brown silk back.
I'm another moment felt all HonIo be
lost; when, all Of a sudden. In the
back drawing room, arose an nnearthIy
howiiDg and soyeechiBg. Margaret S
Persian cut had Just stsoiied lazily into
the room. in search Of particular SIM
chair which she loved. when she was
roughly accosted almost on the thresh-
old by Boulotte, who, though somewhat
aVerse to attacking her 0En species. WAS
mot particularly afraid of q cat But.
Mrs. FfuR. not approaching tne fun ii
the thing. boxed her ears souBdly two
or three times, and regular scrlmmage
ensued.
Aant Georgina few to soothe her
bowling f&VOrite. while the cat. who had
jumped on to nsighboriug cabinet. to
the imminent peril of Ma-garet'- collec-
ton OF glmcrack pottery, glowed with
angry green eyes at her coEardlY as
ssiIant, her tail the sire and consistency
of 8 sweeps cAimney-brush.
It was none too soon As looked out
of thu Window, the men were Just hoist
ing the table o1t OF the cart
You keep her here" Margaret
whispered hurridiy to me. 81 must go
and look after them, and tell them not
from the room.
It is not too much TO say that at this
moment I was fairly terrified. Ii l
failed, was responsible to Margaret. l
felt violent desire to seize Aunt Geor-
gina by the arm and march her up and
down the room, as they do person who
has swallowed a narcotic poison. A
INMATE more, and the mems feet were
distinctly audible trsmping past the
drswing-rOom door. If my wife had
told them not to tread heavily they
were certainly not obeying her instruc-
| tons.
Dear mel" said Aunt Georgina, put
ting up her eye-glass as if it enabled her
to hear better. You don't mean to say
that you have workmen in the house
stiIl?"
II think it is some men coming to
look at the pipes" L replied. Pipes
seem usually the things that Workme1
come to house to look at, so | felt il
was a safe thing 10 say, though not
strictly true.
But Aunt Georgina seemed bent or
Investigating things for herself In fact
her hand was already on the door. while
thrill of horror shot through me
when, fortunately, the door itself ar
rested her attention. Margaret, who is
an adept at painting-on anything but
paper THAT ID to say, she paints or
wood, china, terrscOtta and plush; bu
paper she says she can never managee
had spent some weeks in decorating tht
drawing-room doors, and the result wa;
eminently charming.
Its very well done, indeed-very
well DONE" she said, peering through
her glasses at my wife's artistic produc-
tons. "Those fox-gloyes seem growing
up quite naturally out of the ground
By the way, where is Maggie gone to?'
ouo CACiozIucO tuC nCAs AUmcuI, Sluh-
ing down into q sofa which stood near
the luncheon" I stammered. "YoU
see, We are young housekeepers ever
yet" And SMILED q deathly smile.
caught reflection of myself in the mir
TOR opposite, and it seemed to me tina
I had absolutely aged since 1 had go
up that morning. my hair will b.
white soon; I thought eff thissort o.
thing goes on much longer" 'll Fl
"Desr mel" said my Aunt Georgina
suddenly starting up from her seat, anc
dropping the eyeglasses through which
she had been steadfsstly regarding me
for some time. while Maggie is busy
why should you not show me all oEel
the house? It will be capital oppor-
tunity, and the stairs will give me ar
appetite for luncheon" Tai q
[ groaned .inwardly. had beer
dreading that she would make this re-
quest all along.
"I-I'm afraid there g nothing to see, ,
I stammered lamely.
Nothing to see!" echoed Aunt Geor.
gina. 81 conclude, if there is nothinG
worth seeing in the rooms, there are thu
rooms themselves? Are you afraid o.
its taking too long2 1 should think if
as you say, you do not possess a single
spare room TO offer visitor, that is no
likely.
This was said rather stingingly, and
felt that it required decided answer o.
some kind. Another crisis had come.
screwed up my courage to the sticking
point; though. like Macbeth, / felt tina
I was nothing without my wife.
ITO tell you the truth, aunt, " began
in desperation, 81 am afraid Margaret
would not at all like my showing yoU
over the house without her. Indeed,
am sure she would be aWfully' disap
pointed. She has been talking about
your coming all the week" went on
warming with my theme; land looking
forward 20 taking you all over the
house, and showing you the new furni-
ture herself, and would be awfully cut
up, I'm sure, If L were to play cicerone
without her."
felt my own man sgain after thus
asserting myself, and Aunt Georgina al
once looked Modified. I was a happy
thought of mine.
l had still another rsaxvGss quart d
hcure before Margaret made her appear
ance, during which 1 industriously piled
my charge with photograph albums and
books of prints. AS for the billiard
tlhla men, thought they must have
l IA zen their deDaFtuFe nm the chin on